WATERLOO
(Marijohn Wilkin / John D. Loudermilk)
Stonewall Jackson - 1959
Homer & Jethro -1959
Bob Cort - 1959
The Mudlarks - 1959
Jan & Kjeld - 1959
Webb Pierce - 1962
Johnnie & Jack - 1962
The Four Jacks - 1962
Roy Drusky - 1964
Carl Smith - 1965
Boots Randolph - 1965
The Greenhorns - 1971
Lester 'Roadhog' Moran & The Cadillac Cowboys - 1974
James Rasmussen - 1996
Garth Brooks, Larry Gatlin & Joe Diffie - 2004
Also recorded by: Faron Young; Boxcar Willie;
Mother Maybelle Carter: ......... and others.
{Waterloo, Waterloo)
(Where will you meet your Waterloo?)
(Every puppy has its day)
(Everybody has to pay)
(Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}
Now old Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the Devil made him take a bite
And that's when old Adam met his Waterloo
{Waterloo, Waterloo)
(Where will you meet your Waterloo?)
(Every puppy has its day)
(Everybody has to pay)
(Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}
Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world but lost his pants**
Met defeat, known as Bonaparte's retreat
And that's where Napoleon met his Waterloo
{Waterloo, Waterloo)
(Where will you meet your Waterloo?)
(Every puppy has its day)
(Everybody has to pay)
(Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}
Now a fellah whose darling proved untrue
Took her life, but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo
{Waterloo, Waterloo)
(Where will you meet your Waterloo?)
(Every puppy has its day)
(Everybody has to pay)
(Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}
** The line that Stonewall Jackson sang as "Tried to
conquer the world but lost his pants", should really
be "Tried to conquer the world but lost his chance".
TRIVIA: Lester 'Roadhog' Moran & The Cadillac Cowboys
was a comical name sometimes used by The Statler Brothers.